January 22

February 2011

February 1

In tribute to these students' brave walk to integrate UT, we will march from the Torchbearer statue to the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center auditorium for a program featuring Olympian and UT Knoxville alumna Benita Fitzgerald Mosley. The program begins immediately after the march.

May 2011

May 14-17

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September 2011

September 8

UT Libraries hosts African American Achievement Showcase

The UT Libraries will host an afternoon of events celebrating the achievements of African American students and faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Music, poetry, displays - and more - are scheduled. Events centered at the Melrose Place entrance (2nd floor) will include spoken-word and step-dancing performances, information booths, and a broadcast by WUTK Radio.

The September 8 event is part of the university's yearlong celebration honoring the first African American undergraduate students and the rich legacy of African American achievement at UTK. The community is invited to the John C. Hodges Library to celebrate and learn.

September 23

Hosted by Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, the Grand Gala will highlight the rich legacy of African American achievement and recognize members of our UT family who have changed history with their accomplishments. The evening will honor the very best of the university's past, present, and future. Please joing us as we commemorate these historic milestones.

Hosted by Travis Griffin, Director of Engineering Diversity Programs, the Showcase will provide a college update and an overview of the current form of program support via the Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation and other programs. Participating alumni from the College of Engineering will have an opportunity to hear from current Engineering administrators and students, ask questions, and provide feedback as well as learn about the needs and priorities of the Office of Engineering Diversity Programs.

For more information, please contact Adlai Hurt at 865-974-2779 or email ahurt3@utfi.org.

October 2011

October 3 - 14

INVISIBLE INK: The Art of Black Independent Comix

Join us at an art exhibit celebrating the vibrant African American independent comics community. The immense popularity of comics and graphic novels cannot be ignored. But in light of the comics boom that has taken place over the past 10 years, the artists, writers and publishers that make up the vibrant African American independent comics community have remained relatively unknown – until now. Invisible Ink: The Art of Black Independent Comix brings together an unprecedented collection of largely unheard of, and undeniably masterful, comics art in this special exhibit curated for the students and faculty at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Curated by John Jennings, Associate Professor of Visual Studies at SUNY Buffalo

Reading Room Wall, Art + Architecture Building, Room 105

October 6

THE SOULS OF BLACK COMIX: The Secret Origins of Representation as Resistance in the Black Age of American Comics

In the last decade a new generation of black scholars, publishers, creators, archivists, documentarians, and curators have come forth with a re-imagined vision of what it means to depict the African American experience via the comics medium. An underground movement has been operating unseen; flowing in tandem to the mainstream but showing very different levels of depth and experience. "The Black Age of Comics" is an attempt to shift the paradigm of how black images and stories are portrayed in the medium.